My new blog w/ @ewburak.bsky.social Actions speak louder than words when it comes to caring about kids covered by Medicaid. Trump Administration Blocks States from Keeping Babies and Toddlers Connected to Health Coverage ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/08/08/t... via @georgetownccf.bsky.social

Actions speak louder than words. Latest w/@joanalker1.bsky.social on CMS reversal of 1115s for continuous eligibility from birth to age 6. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/08/08/t...

@citizencohn.bsky.social does an amazing job explaining how harmful a policy choice it was that the Trump Administration ended continuous coverage for babies and toddlers. A truly terrible decision for America's families. Trump Isn’t Done Cutting Your Health Care www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt...

👀In the name of “protecting vulnerable Americans” the Trump Administration will rip away Medicaid coverage from babies and toddlers👀 CMS announces Medicaid demos that 8 states are implementing to cover babies and young children continuously w/o gaps due to red tape will no longer be allowed.

With the Big, Beautiful Bill, Each Taxpayer Can Now Help Sponsor a Billionaire

“Very funny, Jesus. Give it back.”

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finds that rural hospitals will be hit by $119B/10 years with #Medicaid cuts and expiration of the enhanced ACA tax credits: $87B in reduced revenues + $23B in higher uncompensated care costs: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...

Worth Repeating: Pregnant Women, Infants, Young Children are NOT Protected in Proposed Medicaid Cuts ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/01/w...

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...

Reminder that the median Medicaid eligibility level for pregnancy is over 2x the poverty level. Many of these people Mullin is referring to are pregnant or are children. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

New @npwf.bsky.social report says > 140 labor and delivery units at risk of closing under reconciliation bill:

Scott amendment eliminating 90% matching rate for #Medicaid expansion is being described as just about changing federal financing. It's effectively repeal! Amendment language is nearly identical to that in a section labeled "Repeal of Medicaid Expansion" in the 2017 House-passed ACA repeal bill!

The latest episode @lastweektonight.com dives into the Senate reconciliation bill’s impact on health care and food assistance, including work requirements and red tape featuring CBPP analysis: youtu.be/vjFL-cBcjKc?...

From @tmondestin.bsky.social @georgetownccf.bsky.social Medicaid: A Lifeline for Women’s Health Across the Lifespan

Let's be clear: The Senate Republican bill would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it — all to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.

Must be a truly terrific bill if Republicans' response to basic questions about its costs is "la la la I can't hear you" (via @bbkogan.bsky.social)

From @centeronbudget.bsky.social Senate Republicans Can Still Abandon Disastrous, Rushed Reconciliation Bill

My new blog on preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimates of the #Medicaid cuts & overall coverage effects under the current version of the Senate Republican reconciliation bill. They confirm the cuts are even more draconian than under the House-passed bill: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/29/c...

The Senate version of the Medicaid work requirement in the "OBBB" doubles down and worsens a bad policy advanced by the House. It also gives the Trump Administration enormous leverage to protect their Governor friends and punish their enemies. 🧵

Every major bill language release is happening under the cover of night. Tracks since the bill is so unpopular. Are Senators really going to set millions of families backwards by taking health coverage & food asst away from them? Is that why they got into politics? Really?

The #Medicaid work requirements are almost the same as initial language except that the exemption for parents is now limited to parents of children age 13 and under (initial language was for children age 14 and under). States also now required to automate exemptions on "ex parte" basis (8/x)

Thread on just posted Senate Budget Committee reconciliation bill language. Despite Byrd Rule problems the draconian #Medicaid cuts are still largely the same as in initial language from 1.5 weeks ago and remain harsher than the House passed bill's cuts. (1/x): www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

My colleague Kelly Whitener walks through how the Senate Republican reconciliation bill is even harsher than the already harsh House-passed bill in taking away #Medicaid, CHIP and state-funded health coverage from immigrants: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/24/s...

New @georgetownccf.bsky.social & @smallbizmajority.bsky.social report on key role #Medicaid plays for small business owners, their employees & dependents. 1/5 have Medicaid and 1/3 of all Medicaid beneficiaries have a connection to small businesses. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...

Most people who receive SNAP also are enrolled in #Medicaid - so federal policy changes could mean that many of the same people could lose health coverage and food assistance. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

So current Senate/House Republican and White House defenses of their highly unpopular cuts gutting #Medicaid seem to just be (1) get over it (2) there are no Medicaid cuts.

With Senate GOP planning to bring their budget reconciliation bill and its draconian #Medicaid cuts to the floor this weekend, this from #Andor is relevant (but applies to many things going on): “The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss.” - Mon Mothma

Mother on Republican cuts to Medicaid: “I do not have my daughter enrolled on Medicaid so that we can have fancy things. I have my daughter enrolled in Medicaid so that we can keep her alive.” Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' puts her daughter — and thousands like her — at risk.

Rural communities face devastating consequences from Medicaid cuts Lost in the convo is that COVERAGE LOSSES will impact rural counties harder irrespective of the provider tax issue Per county data ⬇️ rural parts of AK, AR, NM, LA, KY, MT, WV, NY at greatest risk of coverage loss

More on the inadequate "rural health transformation" program from @edwincpark.bsky.social 👇👇 A temporary, capped fund is not a fix for hundreds of billions of dollars in #Medicaid cuts.

In addition to the fact that Medicaid coverage losses will disproportionate impact rural communities which will be devastating to rural communities and providers, the new rural health transformation fund does little for rural hospitals as my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social explains in this thread.

Thread on highly inadequate and flawed "rural health transformation" fund intended to prevent rural hospitals from closing or cutting services/staff in face of draconian #Medicaid cuts in Senate reconciliation bill. Details from @punchbowlnews.bsky.social here (1/x): punchbowl.news/rural-health...

The Medicaid cuts alone are bad for working families. But the rest of the reconciliation bill also hits many of the same families with the SNAP cuts and child tax changes/omissions. My latest with Nancy Kaneb @georgetownccf.bsky.social ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/06/t...

How the House-passed GOP reconciliation bill would harm families due to not just its draconian #Medicaid cuts but also its cuts to SNAP and child tax credits as my colleagues @ewburak.bsky.social & Nancy Kaneb warn: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/06/t...

Want to understand the many Medicaid/CHIP pieces of the rushed-through, last minute-changing reconciliation bill? @edwincpark.bsky.social saves the day yet again: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/27/m...

Work requirements at the state level have been a clear failure, unless the goal is simply to kick people off Medicaid In which case, they've been a huge success www.thebulwark.com/p/the-gops-b...

A small language change in the version of the reconciliation bill that is being considered today made a big change in what's at stake for health coverage of lawfully residing children and pregnant people www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

If you missed our webinar last week releasing our new report on Medicaid’s role for maternal and infant health in rural communities the recording is available here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/19/w...

Incredibly important thread from my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social as the House bill language evolves. The majority of states including many red and purple states face huge Medicaid cuts because they cover lawfully residing children and pregnant women which is a federal option!

House budget bill limits access to premium tax credits for Obamacare including for newborns:( chirblog.org/the-sleeper-...

Test your Medicaid knowledge as Congress debates its future: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...

Some issues that have gotten less attention in House Medicaid bill: Children covered by CHIP lose important protections with repeal of the "E and E rule". States can continue outdated policies which force kids to be uninsured for a period of time and impose annual or lifetime limits on benefits

There were 3 options on the table for R's to cut Medicaid. 1. Cut federal matching funds directly 2. Restrict states' ability to raise the state share needed to pull down federal $ 3. Add red tape causing eligible people to lose Medicaid In genderal they chose options 2 + 3.

Section 44142 of House GOP Medicaid cuts REQUIRES states (so much for federalism) to charge cost-sharing of up to $35 to adults between 100-138% FPL. Allows providers to turn folks away if they can't pay Research is clear that even small copays for low-income folks result in missing needed care

Shout out to the disabled community for always showing up, always being on the right side of history and justice, always willing to put their bodies on the line, all for the cause of making sure *everyone* has the basic dignity of health care.

Incredibly compelling piece in the Kansas City Star from Perigee Fund founder Lisa Mennet. A must-read. www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Statement on the Medicaid draft released late on Mother's Day from @joanalker1.bsky.social @georgetownccf.bsky.social ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/12/h...

New analysis finds that if congressional cuts to Medicaid go through, up to 350,000 people in Missouri could lose health coverage. New op-ed by Lisa Mennet of Perigee Fund underscores the implications for babies, toddlers, and the families they rely on. at: www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...